World Series

The term World Series is most commonly associated with baseball, as in the Baseball World Series, but can refer to any tournament that involves teams from across the globe competing in a single event. The event will generally be played over a course of weeks, or even months, and be divided into a selection of smaller groups, putting teams against one another until quarter finals, semi finals, and finals determine an overall winner. The winner of a World Series will be crowned as the best in the world of a particular sport.

Since a World Series has teams from countries globally, it tends to be an event that is watched and celebrated on an enormous scale. An event such as the Football World Cup, for example, is so popular, and so widely followed, that it can be said to be an occasion that occurs on a literal global scale, bringing nations together to cheer on their teams and debate the outcomes of matches.

Baseball World Series

In the case of baseball, the term World Series can be said to be bit misleading. It is, in fact, only teams from the United States that participate in the Baseball World Series. Regardless, the Baseball World Series is a widely watched sporting event around the world, with many tuning in from countries across the globe to watch, and make bets, on the various events that occur.

World Series Bet Making

World Series events tend to be the busiest time for online bookmakers. With so many countries involved in a single event, people from all corners of the globe tend to want to get in on the betting action. The most common World Series bet is for fans to simply put money on their local team, as a sign of support and respect. There is nothing wrong with this, and it tends to only make the whole event a great deal more exciting using the best betting sites.

Smart and experienced bet makers, however, know that showing support for a favourite team is not the same as making a good bet. One can still be passionate about their favourite team while making a bet against them. Betting money is one thing, and being blindly supportive is another thing altogether. The trick is to keep money and passion separate, at least as far as bet making is concerned.

Understanding Odds

The World Series is assigned odds in the same fashion as all sporting events. That is to say; the idea is that the risk will determine the reward. Betting on team likely to win will always payout less than betting on an underdog team. In this fashion bookmakers encourage more risky bets on less likely to win teams, given that the overall payouts are a great deal more.

In order to determine the likelihood of a team winning, pay attention to the odds assigned to that team. They will appear as something like 1:2. In the case of 1:2, the payouts would be even money. Or, in other words, a bet of $10 will payout a total of $20. Odds of 1:10; however, would payout $100 for the same bet.